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The crossbow arrows are made of iron poplar wood and are shaved flat and smooth with a knife. There are red animal feathers at the tail of the arrow, which is not difficult for any ordinary person to identify, because there is also a fishy smell of fox or skunk.
The entire crossbow arrow is nearly three inches long and is as big as a hairpin in the palm of your hand. For marching operations, such crossbow arrows are of no use at all, and He Ba Yuer actually likes to use such "gadgets" as weapons. The reason why naturally makes people very curious.
While Bai Feng looked at the crossbow arrow in his hand, he looked at each other from time to time with Tuoba Guang, who was resting on the couch.
The vulgar appearance of this Xianbei warrior always reminds people of the refugee bandits from all over the world. They are disgraced and disgraced. They hang their chins and half-open their mouths all day long. They always look like they are in shock. They only see a lot of food and gold and silver. Only when there is treasure will the eyes shine and the hope of birth be renewed.
Now Tuoba's eyes were staring straight at the crossbow, just like the eyes of the refugee bandits who longed to live and work in peace and contentment and get rich.
No one can safely and boldly guarantee that you will not hate or reject such a person, because you don't know what he will do next moment. But Murong Yan seemed to have no grudges at all in her heart. She still maintained the innocence and kindness of the past, and tried her best to help others solve their problems.
Seeing that the situation was deadlocked, she cautiously asked, "Is this crossbow something special? Or is it just a whim that A Guang suddenly became interested in this thing that was taken from him."
"This crossbow arrow is not much different from an ordinary crossbow arrow, but it is a bit small in size. You can't kill anyone with such a small crossbow on the battlefield. Rather than saying it is a weapon, it is better to say it is a 'toy'." Bai Fengwang Murong Yan, who was looking worried, was surprised at the other party's attentiveness and tenderness. She didn't expect that she would be so concerned about the "idiot" in front of her.
"How could someone as brave and skilled as He Ba Yu'er from Wuchuan Town like to use this kind of weapon? Is it possible? What's the reason?" After Murong Yan said this, she asked Tuoba Guang: "Ah Kuang, when and where have you seen this crossbow before?"
Tuoba Guang pointed at the crossbow arrow, his tone gradually became more and more sad, and he said repeatedly: "This arrow is mine... This arrow is mine, this arrow is mine!"
"Yours?" Bai Feng was puzzled. No matter how he interrogated him after that, Tuoba Guang just kept repeating the same words, so the two of them could only leave it at that, leaving a few words of greeting to each other, and then went to work separately. Their own affairs.
After the young swordsman returned the crossbow arrow to Murong Yan, he began to assist Zhao Kuo in arranging new sentries to guard the herdsmen's habitat. Murong Yan relocated the sick and weak women and children to a new place for centralized protection. This would at least save them from having to be so flustered when they encounter a similar danger next time.
Many young people in the tribe who are not yet adults are wearing armor, carrying scimitars, and hanging bows and arrows on their backs, looking like grassland heroes. If the horses hadn't been given up to the fathers, brothers and elders who were out hunting wolves, they would have been willing to each ride a horse and rush to the camp in Wuchuan Town to return the favor.
However, the bald elder would definitely not agree to such an approach. They are the hope of the future of the tribe, and they must not ruin their future for no reason.
Under the guidance of Han Chinese like Bai Feng and Zhao Kuo, herders who were not used to settling in the same place for a long time also began to learn to build their own enemy defense facilities.
They took advantage of the slight gap in the terrain to build multiple overlooking points at the highest point nearby. If there is a criminal attack, all the clan members need to do is light a beacon fire to put the entire tribe on alert in an instant.
They also took out excess wood and sharpened one end to make a simple horse trap and placed it on the main road. In this way, no matter how arrogant and powerful the horse is, it will be difficult to gallop freely in this territory.
The reason why most herdsmen are accustomed to wandering around is not out of love, but the result of being born and raised as servants. Once they experience a stable life for a period of time, it will be difficult for them to return to the original state of life. This is the evolution of civilization, and it is also about the domestication of human wildness.
Zhao Kuo has a very thorough understanding of these principles. When chatting, he often mentioned that he had conquered countless Xianbei tribes with his father Zhao Wei, so over the years, more and more Xianbei people were willing to cross the Yinshan Mountains from the far north to spend time near Yuyi Town. Spend the winter.
These words were obviously intended to reassure the people and were also a promise. However, such empty words could not withstand the test just like the fragile defense they had just built, and were soon crushed to pieces by the cruel reality.
That night, when everyone was most sleepy, beacon fires at various overlooking points suddenly lit up. A short time later, overwhelming shouts came from the distance, heading straight towards the crowd.
Before the long night was over, He Ba Yu'er suddenly launched a night attack with a hundred men and horses.
There was a burning smell in the scorched air. Looking outside carefully, it turned out that people from Wuchuan Town were burning, killing and looting.
I could only hear their roars one after another, saying: "Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not be killed! Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not be killed! Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not be killed!"
One woman's voice stood out in particular. She angrily shouted to everyone around her: "Take all the women back, including that boy named Bai Feng!"
The weapons exchanged frequently, but they could not resist the increasingly dense sound of horse hooves. Facts have proved that a team composed of young people cannot stop such a sneak attack at night. Many people only realized that the enemy had been subdued when they came in front of them, and they were unable to fight back.
Bai Feng, who has been protecting many sick women and children around him, can only pray that the barbarian soldiers can't find where he is now. It is a camp converted from a granary, and a dozen people, including wounded and women, are hiding. In this place.
There were no lights in the camp and it was extremely dark. Originally, as long as no one made a sound, they should be able to escape. However, the daughter of the bald elder couldn't bear to see her tribe members being tortured and killed, so she repeatedly asked Bai Feng to let her out, claiming that she was willing to marry He Basheng in exchange for peace in the tribe.
The two of them couldn't argue, and neither could persuade the other. Soon the soldiers of Wuchuan Town discovered the clues.
I saw three soldiers in uniform holding torches passing by the entrance of the camp and looking at the place where the strange noise was coming from.
"Ah!" The soldier walking in front felt a cold sword strike in front of him. He whined slightly and fell down, clutching his throat that was gushing blood.
The two soldiers behind them waited until a corpse fell in front of them, and then they saw a sword sticking out of the darkness and about to attack the two of them. One of them failed to react in time and was stabbed directly in the throat and died. Another person took advantage of the situation and ran away, shouting loudly at the same time: "Everyone is here, come quickly!"
But after a while, almost everyone heard the call for help and turned their bridles and rode forward.
Bai Feng stared at the criminals who had fled away. She was still feeling guilty for not killing them all, but she didn't know that the tent behind her had been set on fire and everyone inside had been driven out.
The injured dragged their sick bodies on the ground and crawled out, while the healthy women fled in all directions for no reason. The former survived because he was unable to resist, while the girls were caught on horseback one by one by the soldiers of Wuchuan Town like fish.
They laughed and cheered wildly, celebrating the plunder.
Only Murong Yan and Zhao Xiaomei, who had always trusted Bai Feng since the day they met, were still following him. Several soldiers tried to ride their horses to capture Bai Feng, but without exception, they were all killed. This young swordsman killed several people in a row and became famous for a while.
Therefore, many soldiers in Wuchuan Town did not dare to attack at will for a while, so they had to surround him and wait for He Ba Yu'er to come and give orders.
After a while, He Ba Yu'er rode her horse proudly to a place a few steps away from them and said to Bai Feng: "Bai Feng, do you want to save them? Tomorrow at noon, I will wait for you at the camp thirty miles to the west. You have to come alone - come to my door to apologize!"
After saying that, He Ba Yu'er changed a command arrow and put it on his small crossbow, and then shot it into the sky, preparing to call the gold and withdraw his troops.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a heavy figure suddenly rushed out from behind Bai Feng, and he directly pulled He Ba Yu'er off his horse.
Bai Feng and others took a closer look and found that it was Tuoba Guang. He and He Ba Yuer were seen wrestling on the ground, and they kept shouting: "Give me back the crossbow! Give me back the crossbow! Give me back the crossbow!"
The soldiers nearby were stunned. When everyone was preparing to go back, no one knew where the thief came from. And now their leader was very close to the thief, unable to use bows and arrows to deal with the thief. Si.
"You bastard, where is this lunatic!" He Ba Yu'er shouted angrily, kicking the opponent several times, finally breaking free, and then ordered the people around him: "Tie him back to me too!"
Tuoba Guang's face was kicked several times, his head was bruised, his face was swollen, and he was completely unrecognizable. Even in this half-conscious state, he still kept repeating those words: "My crossbow...Give me back the crossbow..."
